Last weekend’s message about cultivating God-confidence in areas of insecurity hit me right between the eyes. Who can’t relate to feeling inadequate to living out their calling in life like Pastor Craig shared? I’m raising two incredible kids, and sometimes I look at them and feel a sinking sense that they deserve much more than I could ever give them. I am passionate about my work and the team I work with, and during challenging seasons I sometimes doubt I have what it takes to fill the shoes of this role. My husband and I have been together for 18 years, and he’s so incredibly patient and full of grace that I still have moments where I feel he got the short end of the stick.

Have you ever helped a toddler learn how to build a tower? The kind they’ll destroy seconds before it’s finished? On your solid base, both of you build upward. Then, with a spark in his eye, your building buddy introduces the full force of his fist to the weakest part of your tower. Now, you let the toddler build his own tower. Perhaps you’ll get your turn to topple. Yet, his tower repeatedly falls before it’s tall enough to be called a tower at all.

Everyone hits times when enthusiasm is hard to come by. When I find myself in a season where fighting the “blahs,” I’ve learned that I can rekindle that spark of enthusiasm when I remember three things.

Remember that time when you were at home and it seemed like everyone was in a bad mood? You had a decision at that point, and you did one of two things: you let the environment affect you, or you affected the environment.

“I’m enthusiastic!” If someone used that phrase as a self-description, maybe as their Twitter bio, would you sort of wish you could punch them in their sugary little mouth? You’re not alone. And, if you’re like me, you might be dealing with something that’s sucking the life out of you on a daily basis.

At Life.Church we often say, “We will lead the way with irrational generosity.” We truly believe it is more blessed to give than to receive. However, this statement is something we had to learn and something we’re still learning.

Money is on my mind a lot. I like putting a budget together, tracking trends, and submitting monthly reports to myself. When it comes to generosity, it’s usually a line item in my budget that I would like to make bigger, but it is hard to make that actually happen. Thankfully, my wife is a big encouragement to me to be more generous.

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